A to Z of the Sunday newspapers

HERE is This is Money's round-up of some of the bigger stories in the newspapers this weekend.

Sunday Telegraph

InternetBulldog, the internet provider owned by Cable & Wireless, is to launch video on demand services in October in another challenge to BT.

MarconiMarconi has sounded out all the leading international telecoms groups about a possible £650m takeover.

MediaGuardian Media Group, publisher of the national newspaper and Auto Trader magazine, has been secretly considering plans to fire 407 staff in a cost-cutting move designed to improve its profits.

Sunday Times

British AirwaysBA is investigating a secret meeting between union representatives at a west London office of the Transport and General Workers' Union as it attempts to unravel the cause of the wildcat strikes that grounded the airline last week and left more than 100,000 people stranded.

Mortgages More than 40 banks and building societies, including Barclays, Bank of Scotland, Bradford & Bingley and Egg, stand accused of profiteering after failing to pass on the recent cut in interest rates to borrowers.

MediaKelvin MacKenzie, the former editor of The Sun, will tomorrow announce he has built up a 14.75% stake in Highbury House, the embattled publisher of the men's magazine Front and Practical Woodwork.

Observer

BroadcastingThe European Commission wants to limit the number of Premier League football matches shown by BSkyB so that other broadcasters can finally get a slice of the lucrative pay-TV soccer market.

British AirwaysBA is planning to cut up to 15% of its baggage handling staff - the group of workers who staged last week's wildcat strikes at Heathrow airport.

Premium BondsNS&I, the Government-backed savings institution, is close to tying up an agreement with a leading supermarket to sell Premium Bonds and index-linked savings certificates through its stores.

Independent on Sunday

TaxesBig City firms - including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley - are understood to be threatening the Treasury that they will scale back their London operations in a row about the tax paid by employees from abroad.

TechnologyApple Computer may be forced to pay royalties to Microsoft for every iPod it sells after it emerged that Bill Gates's software giant won the race to file a crucial patent on technology used in the popular portable music players.

TelecomsAngry workers at Carphone Warehouse are seeking union help over fears they will be sacked for failing to meet tough new sales targets for TalkTalk, the chain's landline service.

The Business

British Airways BA is to use its upcoming move to the new fifth terminal at Heathrow to stamp out the militant 'elements' at the airport which led last week's wildcat strike.

London Stock ExchangeThe London Stock Exchange is preparing to defend itself against a £1.5bn takeover bid from Australia's number one investment bank Macquarie.

Oil Oil prices are set to break the critical $70 a barrel level threatening world economic growth and putting pressure on inflation, say leading analysts,

Sunday Express

OilThe huge oil price rises in recent weeks have pushed inflation over the Bank of England's target rate, figures out this week will show.

RetailingThe terrorist attacks in July wiped nearly £300m from tills in London as shoppers stayed away from the capital.

TravelTourists heading for Italy have been warned to resist the temptation to buy 'designer' fakes from street vendors after several holidaymakers were hit with £2,200 fines.